The Liberation of Saint Peter

Bernardino Nocchi, Artist Giovanni Volpato, Artist Raphael, Artist Calcografia Nazionale, Publisher
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About the Artwork

The Liberation of Saint Peter

between 1733 and 1803

Bernardino Nocchi (Artist) Italian, 1741-1812 Giovanni Volpato (Artist) Italian, 1733-1803 Raphael (Artist) Italian, 1483-1520 Calcografia Nazionale (Publisher) Italian

Engraving printed in black ink on wove paper

Plate: 22 1/4 × 29 1/2 inches (56.5 × 74.9 cm) Sheet: 29 1/8 × 42 7/8 inches (74 × 108.9 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1214

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

Inscribed, in plate, as part of the image, upper left: RAPHAEL | SANTIVS | PINX Inscribed, upper right: IN AEDIBVS | VATICA | NIS Inscribed, lower left: Bernardinus Nocchi deli. Inscribed, lower right: Joan. Volpato Sculpsit. Inscribed, lower center: PIO SEXTO PONT. MAX. Inscribed, lower right: JOANNES VOLPATO D.D.D. | VIII Inscribed, in black ink, lower left corner of the sheet: No 1214. Peter delivered from Prison - By - Giovanni Volpato.

Drystamp, lower right corner of plate mark: REGIA CALCOGRAFIA DI ROMA (Lugt 2144)

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Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Giovanni Volpato; after Bernardino Nocchi; after Raphael, The Liberation of Saint Peter, between 1733 and 1803, engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1214.

The Liberation of Saint Peter
The Liberation of Saint Peter